Tychicus

Tychicus was one of the Seventy Disciples of the early Christian Church. He was born in Ephesus in the Roman province of Asia, and Paul the Apostle (whom he had accompanied from Mcaedonia to Jerusalem) sent him to the churches in both Ephesus and Colossae to encourage them. He was later sent with Artemas to Crete to oversee the Christian church there as Saint Titus visited Paul in Nicopolis, and he was sent to Ephesus once more to oversee the church while Saint Timothy visited an imprisoned Paul in Rome before his execution. Tychicus went on to become Bishop of Colophon in Asia Minor, succeeding Sosthenes, and he was later martyred for his faith.